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The Art Assignment
Whose Migrant Mother was this?
Season 6
Episode 9
Dorothea Lange captured this iconic photo known as Migrant Mother in 1936. But who was the woman pictured? And how did she and her family feel about its existence in the world? Guest host John Green introduces you to Florence Owens Thompson, her family, and her story.
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This week we meet with artist and designer Jonathan Nesci in Columbus, Indiana.
7:34
We continue at ArtPrize and meet with Brooklyn-based artist Diana Shpungin.
3:37
We gathered some friends together for our own Scramble Scrabble Dinner.
7:48
We met up with Minneapolis based artists Carolina Borja and Amy Toscani.
8:23
Artist and musician Nathaniel Russell asks you to create a fake flyer.
9:50
Michelle Grabner works in multiple mediums, but always with a focus on pattern and color.
2:49
We continue our stay at Mildred's Lane and talk about it's origins and vision.
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This week we’re at Mildred’s Lane in rural Pennsylvania founded by J. Morgan Puett.
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We’re talking about your responses to Tameka Norris’s assignment to Become Someone Else.